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Sex, Oil, Chaos and Corruption at the American University of Iraq
Anyone who still wonders why the Bush administration invaded Iraq would do well to become familiar with an institution whose existence few Americans are aware of: the American University …
Cutting $100 Billion?… Easy: If Only Washington Had a Brain
Here’s the latest news from Congress, in case you’ve been in Afghanistan for the last couple of weeks. A debate about slashing the federal budget is now upon us, …
Robert Reich | Budget Baloney
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful, says in order to “save” Social Security the retirement age should be raised. The media are congratulating him for his …
Interview With Bill McKibben, Winner of Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
Bill McKibben, Schumann distinguished scholar at Middlebury College, is the author of a dozen books about the environment, including “The End of Nature” (1989), regarded as the first book …
Jim Hightower | Ethics, Health Care, Guns and Congress Critters
This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay — only …
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Ethics, Health Care, Guns and Congress Critters
This new Republican-run House of Representatives is looking a lot like the old ethics-be-damned House run just a few years ago by the convicted money-launderer, Tom DeLay — only …
Noam Chomsky on Wisconsin’s Resistance to the Assault on the Public Sector
World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses several domestic issues in the United States, including the protests in defense of public sector employees and unions in Wisconsin, how the U.S. …
News in Brief: Unrest and Police Brutality Continues in Arab World, and More
Unrest and Police Brutality Continues in Arab World
Pentagon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Failure to Protect Service Members From Rape
On February 15, 2011, the Pentagon was slammed with a class action lawsuit filed by 15 women and two men who are victims and survivors of rape in the …
Credit the Egyptian People for the Egyptian Revolution
While there will undoubtedly have to be additional popular struggle in Egypt to ensure that the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak leads to real democracy, the ouster of the …